Towards Improved Flood Defences: Five Years of All-Risk Research into the New Safety Standards

M. Kok; V.J. Cortes Arevalo; Martijn Vos

doi:10.34641/mg.31

Towards Improved Flood Defences: Five Years of All-Risk Research into the New Safety Standards

M. Kok (Editor), V.J. Cortes Arevalo (Editor), Martijn Vos (Editor)

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Without our dikes and dunes, 60% of the Netherlands would flood on a regular basis. This area is home to 9 million people. The latest
report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, February 2022) underlines the importance of reinforcing water safety. Sea levels are rising and extreme weather is becoming increasingly common. The Flood Protection Programme, the largest Dutch water safety operation since the Delta Works, will help us minimise the likelihood of flooding.

New knowledge and innovation are urgently needed The Dutch dikes have stood firm for more than 1,000 years. After disasters in 1916 and 1953, storm surge barriers and dams have been added to the network of protective dikes. Following the floods in 1993 and 1995, the Room for the River programme was implemented. New knowledge of flood risks led to the introduction of new, often stricter standards for flood defences in 2017.

Original language	English
Publisher	TU Delft Open
Number of pages	208
ISBN (Electronic)	978-94-6366-548-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.34641/mg.31
Publication status	Published - 2022

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flood defences
safety standards
dikes
risk framework
flood risk management

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A look at future flood risk prospects: ideas of All-Risk researchers
Kok, M., 2022, Towards Improved Flood Defences: Five Years of All-Risk Research into the New Safety Standards . Kok, M., Cortes Arevalo, J. & Vos, M. (eds.). TU Delft Open, p. 28-31 4 p.
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Kanning, W. & Jonkman, S. N., 2022, Towards Improved Flood Defences: Five Years of All-Risk Research into the New Safety Standards . Kok, M., Cortes Arevalo, J. & Vos, M. (eds.). TU Delft Open, p. 17-18 2 p.
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Op weg naar verbeterde keringen: Vijf jaar All-Risk-onderzoek naar nieuwe veiligheidsnormen
Translated title of the contribution: Towards Improved Flood Defences: Five Years of All-Risk Research into the New Safety StandardsKok, M. (ed.), Cortes Arevalo, V. J. (ed.) & Vos, M. (ed.), 2022, TU Delft Open. 208 p.
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A look at future flood risk prospects: ideas of All-Risk researchers

How does the risk-based approach work?

Op weg naar verbeterde keringen: Vijf jaar All-Risk-onderzoek naar nieuwe veiligheidsnormen

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